Drawing is really boring if you're not the one drawing.
Solution? Be the one drawing!
Mr. D went to see Pierre Boulez conduct a concert at IRCAM.
That freed me to commune with an old Madonna.
Not THAT one.
Spending two hours drawing one sculpture in quiet St Severin was heavenly.
So different from the hundreds of photos I took...to be looked at later. Necessary but crazy making.
The longer I studied her the more information I saw.
Drawing her face, it dawned on me I understood the sequence of how they carved her smiling eyes.
It was like a holy transmission of knowledge, I just knew how the original carver had worked.
It was an incredible moment, because I felt close to him, and so aware of the centuries between us.
That's what art does...
Back home, with only the drawings now, that information seems dreamlike.
At least I still have the pillow, my drawings, to guide me when I start to carve again.
Solution? Be the one drawing!
Mr. D went to see Pierre Boulez conduct a concert at IRCAM.
That freed me to commune with an old Madonna.
Not THAT one.
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| In the cool dim church, the smell of incense, a candle and fresh, fragrant Casa Blanca lilies... |
So different from the hundreds of photos I took...to be looked at later. Necessary but crazy making.
The longer I studied her the more information I saw.
Drawing her face, it dawned on me I understood the sequence of how they carved her smiling eyes.
It was an incredible moment, because I felt close to him, and so aware of the centuries between us.
That's what art does...
Back home, with only the drawings now, that information seems dreamlike.
At least I still have the pillow, my drawings, to guide me when I start to carve again.
2 comments:
Aye- there's that 'knowing' that can't be captured by words - its just too big to be reduced to storytelling. You've stored it, none the less. Just to make sure though, best to plan another trip to Paris!
Yes, I agree with Deb, you have that knowledge in the best possible place and when the time is right and it is needed, you will have it.
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